D-Link DUB-H7 Hi-Speed 7-Port 2.0 USB Hub

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Summary: DO NOT USE WITH YOUR LEXAR MEDIA JUMPDRIVE
Review: I just purchased this item and it destroyed all the data on my LEXAR 2.0 256MB USB JumpDrive. Further more, D-Link was completely unhelpful, with customer serve reps who did not even understand what a USB-Hub (even though I gave them a part number) and kept asking me questions which referred to an Ethernet hub not a USB hub.

I lost all of my dissertation data, let's just hope Lexar has better customer service than D-Link.

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Summary: Backward compatible with USB 1.0 and 1.1???
Review: The product is and does what all the descriptions say. Looks good, nice and small etc. etc. It is, of course, backward compatible with USB 1.0 and 1.1, but I got a nasty surprise when I opened the box and read the "Quick Install Guide". Under the "tips" section, they state: "Connecting USB 1.1 devices to the DUB-H7 may cause all USB devices connected to the hub work at USB 1.1 speed. To ensure 480Mbps throughput for your USB 2.0 devices, do not connect USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 devices to the hub at the same time." Maybe this is common knowledge to a computer expert, but to me it wasn't! I have 1.1 and 2.0 devices which I want to connect, and now I have to start unplugging and re-plugging devices constantly? That's why I bought a hub with 7 ports in the first place! If I had known this, I would have bought two 4-port hubs: one for my USB 1.1 devices, and one for my USB 2.0 devices.

You can download the Quick install guide I am talking about at Dlink's website: http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=149 and click on "Install Guides" for the PDF format download.